Screen hanger



April 12,1927. 1,624,181

w.,F. RAPP SGREEN HANGER Filed May 2, 1924 2 sneetssneqe l 1 April 12, 1927. 1,624,181

W. F. RAPP SCREEN HANGER Filed May 2,' 1924 2 ShoOtS-Sheot 2 Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

WILLIAM F. RAP?,

OF CHICAGO, LNOS.

SCREEN HANGER.

Application filed May 2, 1924. Serial No. 710,522.

The present invent-ion relates to hangers lfor window screens.

The invention pertains to that type of window screen which is pivotally connected at its upper end to the window frames() as to bc capable ot outward swinging motion 'roi' Yt'zurility or' removal or for offering ready access to the outer sides oi' the windows for washing the same. The primary object ot' the invention is to provide an arrangement of window screen, hanger and hanger pin which will automatically lock the upper' edge otI the screen to the window frame when the screen is swung back into closed position. Ths locking function is performed at the screen hanger in such manner that it is impossible to lift the screen vertically and thereby release the upper edge or' the screen.

lVhile l have specifically described my in ven-tion as being for the purpose of hanging and locking window screens, it will be obvious that it may also be used for removable windows or sash ot' any description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention Figure l is an outside elevational view of a window showing the screen hanger of my invention adapted thereto;

Figure 2 is 'a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the plane of a line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the plane of the line 3 3 of Figure l on a larger scale;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the hanger taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one ot' the hangers;

Figure 7 is an elevational view illustrating my invention embodied in a basement window screen;

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view through the hanger, and

Figure l is a horizontal sectional View through Figure 9 on the plane l() l0.

The window frame 14 comprises the two vertical rails l l5 and the lower base board 16. This base board 16 is preferably sloped as illustrated in Figure 2. The two sashes 17 and 18 are guided in this frame 14 in the usual manner.

The window screen 19 is o't' conventional construction, comprising the two side rails 2l 2l, the top rail 22, and the bottom rail 23. Secured at the upper corners of the screen iframe are the two hangers 2 24. s shown in Figure 3, these hangers consist of metal plates which'are set into recesses in the side rails of the screen traine. and are secured to. the side rails by screws which pass through countersunk holes 2G in the hangers, whereby the entire outer 'face ot each hanger lies lush with the side of the screen frame. For the usual double sash window, these hangers are secured to the screen trame with their upper ends projecting above the top ot the traine as shown in Figure 3. The inner edge of each hanger is :formed with an entering slot 27 extending diagonally upwards for engaging over hanger pins 28 in the side traine members l5 of the window frame. These hanger pins preferably consist of ordinary wood screws, as shown in Figure 4, which are driven into the window frame at a predetermined height above the base board 16, for a purpose which will presently appear.

The ente-ring slot 27 opens into a vertical locking slot 3l extending downwardly from the top of the entering slot 27 A substantially horizontal guiding surface 32 joins the upper end of the entering slot with the locking slot 31. The locking slot 31 may be recessed to a point slightly aboveV the surface 32, as indicated at 33. The lower intersection of the entering slot and the locking slot is preferably cut back as indicated at 34, for affording a guiding slope for guiding the shank of the hanger pin 28 down into the bottom of the slot 3l when the screen is moved upwardly.

In. mounting the screen the upper edge of the screen is inserted between the frame rails l5 and the hangers 24 are hooked over the hanger pins or screws 28 by hooking the entering Slots 27 down over these p-ins. This leaves the pins in the recesses 33 at the upper ends of the locking slots. The lower part of the screen is now swung inwardly to its closed position, in which action the screen is cammed upwardly along the sloped base board 16. This raises the hangers 24 to approximately the full line position illustrated in Figure 3 and brings the locking pins 28 down into the bottoms of the locking slots 3l. The lateral slopes 34 deflect the hanger pins 28 down into the bottoms of the locking slots 3l in the action ,oli raisingl the screen and prevent these hang;-

er pins from moving out through the enter ing' slots 2T. The lower edge of the screen is held in closed position by a swivel hook 3G engaging in a screw eye 23T Screwed down into the base board 16. This hook latch prevents the lower edge of the screen being swung outwardly and thus locks the screen at both top and bottom, it being obvioue that the screen cannot be forced down wardly to clear the hanger pins 2S and it cannot be forced upwardly because of the engagement of' those hanger pins in the bottoms of the locking` slots.

Figures 7 to l() 'inclusive illustrate the in Yention embodied in a basement window screen where there is generally no head room i'or permitting thehangers to project above the upper edge of the screen frame. For Such Situations the hangers are recessed into the sides oli the screen traine with no part projecting` above the top of the frame. To permit the insertion of the hanger pins 28 into the slots 27 and 3l the sides of the rails 2l are preferably charni'ered or out away, as indicated at Lll, to receive the heads ot the hanger screws. Each cut-away port-ion il extends below the depth ol the lockingslot 3l to permit the shank of the Screw to pass down to approximately the bottom of the slot 3l.

The screen is hooked over these hanger pins or screws in the saine manner described above, and upon being swung` inwardly, the screen is raised to bring` the locking Slots Fil up into engagement with the pins 28.

l claim:

The combination of a window frame hav- .ing pins in the opposite sides ol Said frame, with an auxiliary traine for a screen or the like, hangers at the upper ends of the side edffes ot said auxiliary traine, said hangers having' entering Slots adapted to receive said pins, locking slot-s extending downwardly Yfrom the said entering' slots and adapted to receive Said pins when the auxiliary frame is swung inwardly and moved upi'vardly into closed position in said window frame and cannning; surfaces forming sides ol Said locking slots to draw said auxiliary -frame into said window 'frame as said pins enter Said locking slots.

ln witness whereof7 l hereunto Subscribe my name this 22nd day ot April, 1924.

WILLIAM F. RAP?. 

